Lessons from My Oga At the Top! (Daz All)

The power of social media has been largerly untapped in this part of the world. Eventhough we have seen several incidents that have shown us how powerful new media is, we are yet to take advantage of that power.

The recent Oga at the Top saga revealed certain things to me that we can leverage on with regards to spreading the gospel. Let me point out some things.

If you Google the keywords "my Oga at the Top", you'll get nothing less than 4 million hits! Not only that.

1. YouTube is teeming with hilarious videos created on the Oga at the top saga.
2. Creative Images abound on the subject
3. T-shirts have been made on the issue, selling like hot akara on the streets of Lagos.
4. Music and music videos have been created on the same issue complete with remixes and remakes of the Channels TV interview.

The shock waves of the social media avalanche made by Nigerian youth, home & abroad, has caused the suspension of the NSCDC commandant (or so we heard), a clear indication that our leadership can be influenced by our disapproval of some of the things they do or say.

I'm still expecting the Nollywood version of this in form of a movie oh. Or has anyone seen it yet? And then there is a game in which, instead of telling you game over when you lose, tells you, hilariously, Das all! (innovative abi?).

T-shirts have flooded the streets of Lagos, advertising the same. I even heard that Daddy G.O. too made a prayer point out of it. I don't know how true that is oh.

For me it all says one thing, new media i.e. the internet, YouTube, Facebook, Blackberry, Twitter, etc have created platforms and meeting points to influence a generation. Platforms that we need to leverage  to impact this generation with truth. These platforms and hubs are the meeting places of this generation. They are the hot-spots and learning arenas where people pick up values on relationships, etiquette, career choices, etc. If we will make any changes in this generation and this time, we must be influential in these areas.

Well, my Oga at the Top wants me to stop now (I couldn't resist the temptation!). Daz all!